State the function of the infinitive. Translate into Russian.
1. A man must have something bigger than himself to believe in. (Jones) 2. It was impossible not to invite the Butiers for both afternoon and evening. (Dreiser) 3. The heat and dust were enough to strangle you. (Cain) 4. To cut a long story short, the infant that's just gone out of the room is not your son. (Maugham) 5....the next thing to be done is to move away from this house. (Eliot) 6. All the deep maternity in her awoke, never to sleep again. (Buck) 7. He paused as if to find a way to phrase his next thoughts. (Mailer) 8. Nobody asked you to come out here. I didn't ask you to stay. I told you to go while it was daylight. (Faulkner) 9. It was too hot to go out into the town. (Hemingway) 10. The prospective buyer is someone who is not, to put it mildly, a supporter of female emancipation. To consent to this sale would be to consent to change the character of the newspaper altogether. (Murdoch) 11. He hat! been one of the first to become interested in the development of the street-car system. (Dreiser) 12. The floor of the forest was soft to walk oa.. (Hemingway) 13. He was a man to attract immediate sympathy. (Maugham) 14. He knew he must say anything at all in order to establish communication with her. (Horgan) 15. After all, you're young enough to be my son. (Clark) 16. To begin with, he did not like the way his editor... had spoken to him that morning. (Priestley) 17. To make the real decisions, one's got to have the real power. (Snow) 18. To know all is to forgive all. (Priestley) 19. Other people, men particularly, found it difficult to face Cowperwood's glazed stare. (Dreiser) 20. It must be awful to have a brilliant future behind you. (Snow) 21. She makes a gesture as if to touch him. (Shaw) 22. Indeed, she had nowhere to go. (Murdoch) 23. To speak frankly, 1 am not in favour of long engagements. (Wilde) 24. He found the sky so pallid as to be almost invisible. (Baum) 25. He dropped back, so as to let me get on a level with him. (Collins) 26. When he met Savina at the station, she came to him with a joyous expression of anticipation to find his troubled silence. (Wilson) 27. Rubin did not, in any case, find it easy to be as direct as Roger. (Snow) 28. True insincerity is hard to find. (Priestley) 29. She leaned forward with kindled eyes as if to impress the word on the inspector. (Lindsay) 30. She's a spoiled child not to be trusted. (Galsworthy) 31. It is against all ethical concepts of medical science to pronounce a death verdict to a gravely ill person. (Baum) 32. His age was difficult to guess. (Wilson) 33. They were the last to come. (Maugham) 34. I awoke a little after sunrise to find Evan gone. (Hansford Johnson) 35. Truth to tell, he wanted to say a great deal. (Dreiser) 36. Her large eyes were of a blue so pale as to be almost white. (Murdoch) 37. Her first proceeding... was to unlock a tall press, bring out'several bottles,, and pour some of the contents of each into my mouth. (Dickens) 38. To lie is not my custom. Too much complication and uncomfort. (Baum) 39. I had many weary hours still to wait through. To while away the time, I looked at my letters. (Collins) 40. To begin with, Mrs. Anderson is a pleasanter person to Hye with than Mrs. Dudgeon. (Shaw) 41. With another look round at the furniture, as if to gauge his sister's exact position, Soames went out towards Piccadilly. (Galsworthy) 42. Three or four plans suggested themselves, only to be ruled out by their self-evident absurdity. (Hansford Johnson) 43. But the heat of the afternoon was, to say the least, oppressive. (Salinger)
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Translate into English, using the infinitive.
1.Было приятно гулять в лесу в такой жаркий день. 2. По правде говоря, я читал эту книгу в переводе. 3. Он достаточно хорошо знает английский язык, чтобы перевести эту статью. 4. Первое, что надо сделать, — это выписать новые слова из текста. 5. Бесполезно противоречить вам; вы очень упрямы, чтобы не сказать больше. 6. Никогда не поздно признать свою ошибку. 7. Она уехала на Дальний Восток и больше не вернулась в свой родной город. 8. Мягко выражаясь, он не сказал вам всей правды. 9. Я чувствую себя слишком плохо, чтобы поехать с вами за город. 10. Короче говоря, их вина осталась недоказанной.
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Point out the Objective-with-the-Iniinitive and the Subjective Infinitive Constructions. Translate into Russian.
1. Never once had she been seen to cry. (Mansfield) 2. It was the first time he had ever seen her weep. (Buck) 3. He didn't mean this to be a long meeting. (Snow) 4. There was a rumour that at last they were likely to be married, (Snow) 5.... without remonstrance she suffered me to have my own way. (Ch, Bronte) 8. Irving proved to be a long, sallow-faced butler chap, solemn as an undertaker. (Priestley) 7. Mr. Worthing is sure to be back soon. (Wilde) 8. I came to get someone to tell me the truth. (Hansford Johnson) 9. I'll have Bertha bring you breakfast. (Stone) W. Unfortunately, at this moment he chances to catch sight of Judith's face. (Shaw) 11. I have never known Hector Rose behave like this. (Snow) 12. His "office" turned out to be in one of the back streets close by Olympia. (Snow) 13. Conrad pulled out a chair and made her sit down. (Greene) 14. He... looked at his watch, rang the bell, and ordered the vehicle to be brought round immediately. (Eliot) 15. Paul felt his heart lift as at a great victory. (Croniri) 16.... people took an oath, a pledge, when they were married, and that was supposed to hold them together. (Lindsay) 17. You make me think of spring flowers... (Braine) 18. At thirteen he began to read books that were said to be evil. (Saroyan) 19. She watched him go up the street and enter a door. (Faulkner) 20. He [Cowperwood] appeared to be an ideal home man. (Dreiser) 21. Young men of this class never do anything for themselves that they can get other people to do for them. (James) 22. He said he wouldn't suffer a word to be uttered to him in his uncle's disparagement. (E. Bronte) 23. She doesn't seem to want to do anything I suggest. (Dreiser) 24. Cecily and Gwendolen are perfectly certain to be extremely great friends. (Wilde) 25. He heard the town clock strike twelve. (Faulkner) 26. Nearly a year ago, 1 chanced to tell him our legend of the nun... (Ch. Bronte) 27. Harriet, pale and trembling... suffered her to go on uninterrupted. (Dickens) 28. "You will not allow this base newspaper slander to shorten your stay here, Mr. Winkle?" said Mrs. Pott, smiling through the traces of her tears. (Dickens) 29. He turned out to have no feeling whatsoever for his nephew. (Snow) 30. I don't like him to be so long alone. (Hansford Johnson) 31. From the extreme freshness and purity of her complexion I estimated her age to be sixteen, or less perhaps. (Clark) 32. This appeared to amuse the policeman. (Priestley) 33. I can't bear any one to be very near me but you. (Eliot) 34. At any moment he was expecting Erik to pull a gun and rob him. (Wilson) 35. He decided to write her... and ask for an explanation, as well as have her meet him. (Dreiser) 36. You can easily get in through a window if the door happens to be locked. (Priestley) 37. You are sure to be there to-morrow night, агелЧ you, Professor Engelfield?... (Priestly) 38. He was said to be one of the most promising of nuclear physicists. (Snow) 39. Why can't he get a valet to stay with him longer than a few months? (Shaw) 40. The peasants did not seem to see her, (Hemingway) 41. He then ordered her horse to be put into the gig. (Hardy) 42. Mrs. Merridew instantly permitted herself to be taken by the arm, and led into the garden... (Collins)
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